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November 4, 2021

Ellwood City, Franklin Twp Police To Participate In “No Shave November”

Say no to the blade and yes to cancer awareness. This month, both Ellwood City and Franklin Township Police Departments will be participating in ‘No Shave November’, a month-long journey whereby participants ditch razors and forego shaving and grooming facial hair as part of an effort to raise awareness and money to fight cancer. The Ellwood City Police Officers will be putting down their razors and making a monetary donation to Club Hope to help in the fight against cancer. If you would also like to make a donation to Club Hope, the Ellwood City Police Department will be collecting…

November 3, 2021

Route 288 Zelienople Road Reopening Thursday in Franklin Township

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing the reopening of a section of Zelienople Road (Route 288) in Franklin Township, Beaver County, will occur Thursday, November 4 weather permitting. A section of Zelienople Road between Lake Road and Old Furnace Road is expected to reopen to traffic by 5 p.m. Thursday.  The roadway has been closed continuously since July 26 for the Route 288 realignment project sponsored by the Zelienople Airport Authority.  Additionally, Lake Road (Route 1010) will open by 5 p.m. Thursday. Crews from Independence Excavating conducted improvement work including roadway realignment, paving, storm sewer installation, grading and subbase…

November 3, 2021

M@C Discount, Local Online Auction, Offers Deeply Discounted Merchandise

Going once, going twice, SOLD! M@C Discount is an online bidding platform where users from the Pittsburgh and surrounding areas can place bids and the highest bidder wins. The newest location at 6800 Big Beaver Boulevard, Rt 18, Beaver Falls opened in July and has been helping bidders find deals since the doors opened. The concept is pretty simple. Big box retailers like Walmart, Amazon, Kohl’s, Lowes, and others receive tons of returns and overstock other items. There has to be a place for these items to go. Look no further than M@C Discount. At M@C Discount, everyday consumers can…

November 3, 2021

VOTE!!! Annual Halloween Contest

We’ve got some spooky, funny, and cute pictures for you! EllwoodCity.org has collected our 2021 Halloween Costume Contest entries. Our submitted photos will appear on EllwoodCity.org’s Facebook page in a 2021 HALLOWEEN CONTEST photo album. (View Facebook Page) To vote for your favorite photo, simply ‘like’ it, then ‘share’ it to obtain more votes from your friends!  Voting continues on until 9:00 a.m. Monday, November 9 when we will tally votes and announce our winners.  A Facebook ‘Like’ constitutes a vote. The top two photos that receive the most votes win cash prizes, courtesy of EllwoodCity.org. $75.00 for first place,…

November 2, 2021

VOTE! Ellwood City & Surrounding Community Polling Locations

According to information made available by local government, polling locations for Ellwood City and surrounding locations are as follows for the 2021 General Election Day – Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Registered voters can cast ballots from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on November 2 at their designated polling place, and those voting by mail-in or absentee ballot should drop their ballots off at the Lawrence County Courthouse by 8 p.m. Tuesday. Mail-In and Civilian Absentee ballots MUST BE RECEIVED at the County Office by Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 8 p.m. EDT Voters must return their own ballots under state law,…

November 1, 2021

Ellwood City Youth Basketball Clinic Planned

A basketball clinic is scheduled this month for Ellwood City boys and girls in grade 3-6. The clinic will be held over two weekends, Saturday, November 6th and Saturday, November 13th, and is garnering some attention according to Girls Varsity Head Coach Dena Noble. “We have over 80 ECASD students signed up to participate,” says Noble. Elementary students were sent home from their respective school with the registration earlier in October. It is too late to register and earn a clinic t-shirt, but it is NOT too late to register to participate. The price has been reduced to $20.00. The…

November 1, 2021

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week Of November 2

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities.  Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. NOTE  The Library has partnered with Seneca Library District, Oil Creek Library District, Erie County Public Library and Crawford County Federated Library System for e-books. You can now use the Overdrive or Libby App. to borrow books from the above Libraries. Please call the library with any questions.  OPEN  The Library is open. Newspapers, magazines and toys will not be available for the time being. Masks are required to be worn, covering mouth and nose, while in the building…

October 29, 2021

POLICE: Weekly Police Blotter

MOTORCYCLE THEFT: According to a criminal complaint, on Tuesday, October 26 at 6:00 p.m. officers were dispatched to Spring Avenue for a motor vehicle theft. The victim advised that someone had stole his 2004 Harley Davidson Sportser 883 motorcycle from out in front of the funeral home. The victim told police he was at the funeral home to mourn the loss of a friend, Andrew Small. The victim related the motorcycle was Small’s but that Small’s girlfriend actually owned the bike and was inside the funeral home. The victim said he observed a white male, later identified as Harold Evans,…

October 29, 2021

Senate Approves Telemedicine Bill

HARRISBURG – The Senate today approved legislation that promotes telemedicine as a way to overcome barriers to quality patient care created by distance and reduce the costs of those services, according to the bill’s prime sponsor, Sen. Elder Vogel (R-Beaver). “No one was even remotely aware of COVID-19 and the impact that it could have on our society when I first introduced this bill. But, if we take nothing else away from this pandemic, we now fully understand the critical need for this tool,” said Senator Vogel. “This bill is about building the infrastructure for telemedicine. It’s about establishing who…

October 28, 2021

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Mary Black – Fact, Fiction, or Both?

Editor’s note: This article originally appears on our website in 2015, but we are republishing as a Halloween treat. Halloween is a time of year when ghost stories, folklores, and other scary tales begin to surface. In and around Lawrence County, one story seems to never lose its fascination. Mary Black, an alleged witch in Lawrence County during the 1800s, has been the antagonist of countless folklores since the 1950s. Her life, and the stories that accompany it, is constantly debated – but, is it fact, fiction, or perhaps a little of both. The answer is a little of both….